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TK3 Fr:r.QUETAN3 WE2ZLY, HERTFORD, N. C FSIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954.
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For January 10th, 1954. j
. . Memory Selection: "God is spirit,
and those who worship him must wor
ship in spirit and truth." John 4:24.
Lesson Text t John 2:13-25.
Our lesson for last week was a dis
cussion of the Prologue to John's Gos
pel, in which the Beloved Disciple
sought to prove that Jesus was both
- human and divine -the Son of man
: and the Son of God and that before
the world began, Jesus was with God.
and that he was made flesh and dwelt
among men.
. John 2, from which our lesson for
this week is taken, marshals further
evidence for faith in Christ as the Son
of God, the aim, as pointed out last!
week, of John in writing ms gospel.
This purpose, John felt, could be best
accomplished, not by argument, but
by relating certain "signs" or mani
festations, which elicited faith in the
first disciples and still bear evidence
of the unique personality of Jesus. '
In this chapter, John relates two of
' these "signs." They indicate the au
thority of Jesus in the intimate, per
sonal matters of social courtesy in the
" home, and also in such public affairs
as the proper manner in which the
things of the Temple should be con
ducted. 1 There are three institutions in our
modern society which are fundamen
tally important the home, the church
and the school. In Jesus' time, the
home and the church (synagogue) pro
vided whatever schooling the child re
ceived and, therefore, it is significant
' that, in one lesson, we consider Jesus'
: attitude toward both institutions.
In the first part of the second chap
ter of John's Gospel, John relates an
incident which happened in Cana, a
. village only a few miles from Naza
reth, the boyhood home of Jesus. The
wedding to which he and his mother
were invited was probably a neighbor
hood event within the circle of rela
tives and friends of the family. In
tne midst of the festivities, the re
freshments gave out before the guests
' were all served. It was a most em
barrassing situation and the fact that
- Marv was concerned about itindi-
csJfiS her intimate relationship to the
family.
- She turned instinctively to Jesus
for. help in the emergency, showing
how naturally she had learned to de
pend on him and trust his resourceful
ness in the details of family life. Feel-
. ing that he would know just what to
do in this domestic crisis, she told the
, servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
The rest of the story is familiar. The
significance of this incident is that it
reveals to us that Jesus is interested
in the homel and in all the celebra
tions of life. No relationship is so im
portant and no incident so trifling but
that they can be transformed by the
spirit of Jesus.. He would like to be
. master of our entire life, rejoicing
with us when we rejoice and comfort
ing us when we are sad.
The second incident, with which this
lesson is particularly concerned, is
- that of Jesus going up to Jerusalem
for the celebration of one of the out
standing feast-days of the Jews the
Passover. Going into the temple, he
found those who were selling oxen
and sheep and pigeons, and the
money-chargers busy at their trade.
. The animals had been brought in for
the people to buy for use as sacrifices
in the Temple, while the money-chargers
handled the purchases and,
through various forms of graft, cheat
ed the people. Not only did they pro
fit by their nefarious transactions, but
even the Temple authorities profited
through a system of graft of their
. Own. .
Filled with righteous indignation at
this desecration of his Father's
House, Jesus, taking a whip, of cords,
drove them all, with the sheep and the
oxen, out of the Temple. Then, tak
ing the coins of the money-chargers,
he poured them out and overturned
their tables. Turning to those who
sold the pigeons, he ordered: "Take
these things away; you shall not make
my Father's house a. house of trade."
This was Jesus' first public and un
mistakable assertion of his authority.
' He spoke and acted as one who had,
not only the right of" ; interference
which any good man might claim, but
too, a right altogether-unique. He
spoke: of the Temple as "my' Father's
house," as though he were delegated
by a, divine commission to set things
right. . -,4 c liyi ;'..-
Jesus was. and is. not anlv ntnroif.
ed in the welfare of individuals, butJ
'? in those social, pol' .'cal and re
jious reforms which t' :St tie rel.
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lift. From aarllest Infancy man tin learned th
wayi of Ufa and tbt paths of progress by Iraltat
inf othart who possess and practice such knowl
dga. Tha child ltarna to walk aa tha fledgling
learna to fly by Imitating ita parents.
Tha Impulse to imltato othara ia stronger in ln
fancy and childhood than at any othar period in
lite. Tha child ia anxious to leant things and
to be able to do things as grown-ups do in this
treat, bic lnterestina world. That ia why the
little boy in tha picture tries to walk in hi
daddy s shoes.
Children learn to walk in thalr Dtrents foot
steps in many waya, during this formative
period of their Uvea. They acquire their
habits, their mental attitudea and their
sense of values mainly from their ciders.
And these are tha thinga that wilt most
-largely determine their characters and
shaoe their courses in the veara to come.
This makea if all-important for people
to walk uprightly before their children.
and lead tnem in tne waya 01 strengtn
and safety.
Above all, parents should teach their
children the dependence of all life
upon God, and the value of religion
and the Church aa the guardian of
man a apiritual existence. And tnis
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precept upon precept, in practlca
as well as in words.
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